Scoop Saves the Day – Book Review

It’s a wild, windy and story night. There is lightning and thunder and rain pouring down all over town. Bob knows that when they storm stops there will be lots of damage to clean up.

Scoop Saves the Day by Diane Redmond

It’s urgent! All the roads are blocked and fences are broken. Bob goes out to the yard and tells the vehicles that we are all needed right away. Scoop says he can dig, and Roley says he can roll, so let’s get going.

Lofty, Muck and Pilchard go to over to Farmer Pickles’s farm to check on things. They decide to clean up the pond. While Lofty is piling garbage into Muck’s bin Pilchard decides to get a closer look at the ducks in the pond by climbing up the storm-damaged tree and out onto a wobbling branch.

Now Pilchard needs to be rescued before the tree totally topples. Pilchard (Bob’s cat) can’t swim and it looks like she may end up in the pond. Bob gets his team headed over to Farmer Pickles’s farm to rescue Pilchard, who was very relieved to see Bob and all the vehicles come his way. They need to save the ducks first so Scoop picks up the ducks and gently places them into Dizzy’s cement mixer where they will be safe. Now Pilchard is rescued.

They head home for a good night sleep knowing that in the morning there is more repair work for them to do.

Note: All Bob the Builder books are from my personal library.

Bob the Builder is a British animated children’s TV show. In the original series Bob is a building contractor and along with his colleague Wendy and other neighbors and friends and their work vehicles and equipment fix things (all made of clay). In every episode Bob and his group renovate, construct and repair things. Any project that needs to be done can be done by Bob and his team.
Bob’s catchphrase is “Can we fix it?” and with the conflict resolution, cooperation and socialization taught in each episode we discover that “Yes they can!”